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The rate of inflation has slowed for the 11th consecutive month. It cooled to its lowest annual rate in about two years last month, according to the Labor Department. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.9 percent. It’s sitting at 4 percent year over year in the month ending in may. Overall inflation is decelerating thanks to […]

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WASHINGTON—The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, indicating a further tightening of labor market conditions heading into the second quarter, which could contribute to keeping inflation elevated. Part of the decline in claims back to a more than 53-year low touched in mid-March reflected a revision of the seasonal […]

Claims for state unemployment have risen to their highest levels in three months, according to new data (pdf) from the Labor Department. Weekly claims for the week ending Jan. 15 rose by 55,000 to a total of 286,000, constituting the highest rate since last October. A seasonal spike in unemployment claims in January is consistent with […]

More Americans quit their job in November 2021 than in any month in history, according to data released Tuesday. Some 4.5 million left their jobs in the month, an increase of three percent from the month prior. Resignations jumped the most in accommodation and food services and health care and social assistance industries, according to […]

The Labor Department announced on Dec. 16, that Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose as the labor market hit a slight bump in its recovery from last year’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. Jobless claims rose to 206,000 last week by 18,000, bouncing off of the prior week’s 52-year low, which was higher than the estimated […]

The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has suspended the enforcement of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses.

WASHINGTON—U.S. employers posted a record-high number of open jobs for the second straight month as a rapidly rebounding economy generates intense demand for workers. The number of available jobs on the last day of May rose slightly to 9.21 million, from 9.19 million in April, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That is the highest since […]

Producer prices rose above expectations in May, marking their biggest 12-month increase on record and reinforcing broader inflation concerns as higher production costs tend to filter down to consumers.

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens. The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims dropped to 385,000, down 20,000 from the week before. The […]

The number of Americans filing for unemployment jumped. The Labor Department says the number of Americans filing new jobless claims surged to 965,000 last week. The increase is due to shutdowns and other responses to rising virus cases. Job cuts in the leisure and hospitality sector accounted for the biggest chunk of job losses last […]

WASHINGTON—The job market took a big step toward healing in May, though plenty of damage remains, as a record level of hiring followed record layoffs in March and April.

An additional 1.3 million workers will see an increase in pay in the new year after new rules from the Labor Department go into effect on Jan. 1. Under the new federal rules, more workers will be eligible for overtime pay if they log more than 40 hours a week after the department raised the […]

U.S. Economy Adds 266,000 Jobs in November, Exceeding Expectations

U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, according to the Labor Department’s report on June 7.